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SILVA v. MacLAINE

No. 87-4500.

697 F.Supp. 1423 (1988)

Charles SILVA, Plaintiff, v. Shirley MacLAINE, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

July 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Muraski, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

Herschel Fink, Detroit, Mich., for defendant.

GILMORE, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the Plaintiff against Defendant claiming copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 101 and following in one count and unfair competition in the other count. The Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Shirley MacLaine's book, "Out On a Limb", and the subsequent televised film version of the book infringed their copyright in Plaintiff Charles Silva's book "Date With The Gods." The unfair competition claim stems from...

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